FINANCE Minister Colm Imbert will, in due course, be required to explain to the court why in his capacity as chairman of the Joint Select Committee (JSC) on Energy Affairs he, at one point, failed to convene a meeting of the JSC for more than 20 months and whether it was legal to do so.

WHILE Nestle saw an increase in demand for its products by households, there was a major decline in products that were sold to hotels and restaurants, which were ordered to be closed amidst the Covid-19 pandemic. Even though restaurants were allowed to reopen their doors on May 11, in-house dining still isn’t allowed and hotels are only allowed outdoor dining for their guests.

IMPORTANT changes are underway in the pharmaceutical industry. According to Becker’s Hospital Review, for many years pharmaceutical companies have moved away from researching drugs to treat infectious disease, being lured by the potential profits from drugs used to treat non-communicable diseases. Steph Sterling of the Roosevelt Institute points to this ‘failure’ of what she calls the fully market-based system in which new drugs and medical devices are developed.

Works and Transport Minister Rohan Sinanan says the contractor is to blame for the delay in completion of the $14 million walkover that will connect the Brian Lara Promenade to the Port of Spain International Waterfront Centre.